Using gadget from a 3rd party place.

Hi!

I have a gadget, that Ii don't want to send to the live gallery, but I'd like to use it on live.com from different machines (home, work). And I don't want to install web server on each of these PCs, and use the gadget from localhost. So i want to put it on a web server I can reach from both places. But when I try to add the gadget manifest's URL on the live.com with my web server's ip I get an error: "checking for autodiscover tag..." and then nothing happens.

Yes, I read an explanation for that. (Besides I tried also with IE6, but got the same problem.) But if there is a work-around in the gadget SDK to handle the 'cross-domain limitations of the XmlHttpRequest' , why can't the live.com make the gadget addition in this way

Or is it a planned feature, preventing the usage of gadgets from a 3rd party place

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Using gadget from a 3rd party place.

Tom Sirgedas

I think the most simpel solution would be to upload your files to a (free) webhost.
Your webhost just must be able to serv xml, js and css.

Try geocities or freewebs for instance.
Upload your files and use the manifest URL to add your gadget to your live.com.
leclerc9
I realized, that the possible problem is, that my webserver runs on port 8080, instead of the standard 80, and that is why I can't add the gadget.
Using gadget from a 3rd party place.

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